I'm speaking next week to a group of students in the School of Media at the University of Gloucestershire about Steemit for musicians. Ain't life weird*?
I've got two sessions with them.
Session 1
On Tuesday we'll go over the whole blockchain thing and how Steemit works, dSound/dTube/dLive etc and have look at examples of how people are putting it to use for themselves and working with others. Of course I'll talk about #openmic and how community also gets built through the Steemit Musicians Facebook Group and Discord. I'll also talk about the importance of face-to-face meetups and conferences.
I'm going to try to get them all signed up, but I'm aware of the delays with doing that through steemit.com - I might just have to splash some STEEM out on creating accounts myself.
Question 1
What else do you think I should cover with them - what do you think young musicians might need to know about Steemit and how it works.
Question 2
What great examples have you seen of musicians doing cool stuff here, beyond #openmic?
Session 2
Then the following week, I have a "doing" session with them. This might include briefing them in Session 1 to come back with something to talk about. We have an hour and a half to work together on something. It might be one big something or perhaps lots of smaller somethings.
Question 3
What something do you think we should work on to give the students a realistic experience of being on Steemit and how they could use it for their own work?
Thanks for any suggestions you can come up with. I will, of course, blog about the replies I get as well as the sessions when I run them (probably live!)